Category Archives: A view from the Farm

Farm Stay Reaches International Audience

  Located in Rural Warwickshire, our working farm and growing Farm Stay Business provides its guests with a tranquil retreat within easy reach of all that Shakespeare’s England has to offer. Communicating this message however has required the farm to diversify in more ways than one. Managing our own content has always been important, soContinueContinue reading “Farm Stay Reaches International Audience”

Sorry No Vacancies This Year

Sorry No Vacancies marks the end of another exciting year at Oaks Barn Farm, today our final set of guests arrive with both The Coach House and The Granary being full for the New Year celebrations.    2015 has seen the completion of The Granary, and the welcoming of its first guests in February, inContinueContinue reading “Sorry No Vacancies This Year”

Feeling Thankful

Sunday December 13th on the Farm, a wet day started off like all of the others with the animal feeds and mucking out, with not much goodness left in the grass our sheep and residual lambs are now being supplemented with hay and feed.  Our pig is now with the boar borrowed from our neighbouringContinueContinue reading “Feeling Thankful”

Writing a Blog using a Template

This simple tool will help you write great content without having to stare at a blank page. Living on a farm, we are both blessed and fortunate to have an infinite supply of material from which to choose, however we to also find ourselves stumbling over the best way to start, so developed a templateContinueContinue reading “Writing a Blog using a Template”

First Date Does not go to plan!

This Sunday saw the arrival of a Saddleback Boar, for our Sow which we selected from 3 girls we raised on the farm, she is the lucky one as we have not converted her into sausage and pork joints but saw the potential for her to raise some good piglets from. But Straw our SowContinueContinue reading “First Date Does not go to plan!”

Another Day On The Farm

With winter just around the corner, the day starts like any other with the feeding of livestock, however today is different, with the recent events of the Paris attacks over the weekend, you can’t help but feeling lucky and blessed to be waking up. For many this is no longer possible, not through any choiceContinueContinue reading “Another Day On The Farm”

Learning to appreciate the little things

Its early morning on the farm and I’ve just cracked the window open to listen to our resident owl calling in the night sky, the November air is crisp and so to are the sounds carried at this time of year with such clarity as the crisp air upon which they travel.    I haveContinueContinue reading “Learning to appreciate the little things”

When Autumn Leaves Start to Fall

When Autumn leaves start to fall on the farm, there is a growing sense of urgency about the onset of winter and what we need to get done to prepare for what may or may not lie ahead.    Winter wood is cut and meticulously stacked, Apple and pear trees are pruned and in theContinueContinue reading “When Autumn Leaves Start to Fall”

Why Oaks Barn Farm is so suited to Growing

Why Oaks Barn Farm is so suited to Growing Found this Lovely text around The Vale of Evesham Watered by the River Avon and bound by the Cotswolds, Bredon and the Malverns, lies the horticultural Vale of Evesham. For centuries the Vale of Evesham has been regarded as the fruit and vegetable basket of EnglandContinueContinue reading “Why Oaks Barn Farm is so suited to Growing”

Places to visit during your Farm Stay

Places to visit during your Farm Stay have been compiled by our guest and own experiences and we are adding to these all the time. Please feel free to suggest ones we may have missed. Hope these get you off to a great start:https://www.pinterest.com/oaksbarnfarm/places-to-visit/